Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-09
News Dy Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. LET WISE COUNSEL RULE In Settling The Fisheries Trouble. ALL BUT TWO ACCOUNTED FOR In The Wreck At White
 River.
LIGHT ON MATTHEWS RECORD. Troops Warning In South
 ern Russia.
THE FISHERIES TROUBLES.

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 President cleveland Sends to the House the Correspondence With the English Government.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The President to- day sent to the House of Representatives
 copies of the correspondence between this
 government and Great Britain recently called
 for by resolution of the House on the fish
 cries controversy which has taken place since
 the Sth of December last The correspon-
 dence begins with letter from Secretary
 Bayard to Minister West dated December Il
 in which the Secretary says that before re-
 ceiving the communication of Minister West
 dated December he had instructed Minister
 Phelps at London to make 8 presentation of
 the regrettable circumstances attending the
 lowering of the flag of the United States on
 the Marion Grimes whilst under detention
 by the customs officials in the harbor of
 Shelburne, N. S., last October. This is fol
 lowed by a report from Governor General
 Lsnsdowne, dated November IS, containing
 an account of the action of the privy council
 upon the telegram from Secretary Bayard
 in relation to the seizure of the Everitt Steele.
 This account is in substance to the effect
 that the privy council appooved of the col
 leetor's action in the matter of the seizure.
 Minister West on January 28 last sent to MT.
 Bayard a communication from Governor
 General Lansdowne in regard to the cases of
 son detained at She1burne and Arichot,
 N. s., for noncompliance with the custom
 regulations of the Dominion. The governor
 general excuses the action of the custom off,
 cers in his detention of the vessel at Shell
 burne on the ground that the master did not explain his action at the time of detention and that his vessel was released as soon as he were landed in Arichot harbor at late hour in the evening of her arrival and before tbe master had reported to the customs officers; that it is obvious that if men were allowed to go on shore under such circumstances without notification to tEe authorities great facilities would be offered for landing contra band goods and that the master in permitting his men to land was guilty of violating the laws. In this case he,says as in that of the Steelehe justifes the action of the customs officials. The correspondence includes let ter from Lord Iddesleigh to Minister Phelps written on November 30 in which it is stated that the Queens government earnest ly desired some equitable settlement and that it is disappointed not to have found in Mir. Phelps' correspondence any indication of wish on the part of the United States government to enter into negotiations "bas ed on the principle of mutual concessions"
 On December 16 Lord Iddlesleigh sends to l,o1, e government for hauling down the flag of the Marion Grimes and alluding to ths seizure of the Everitt Steel says, while regretting that the incidents should have occurred, that her majesty's government is firmly resolved to uphold the undoubted treaty rights of her Canadian subjects and also equally maintain the undoubted rights of United States fisher men to obtain shelter in Canadian ports un-- der such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their abusing the privilege reserved to them by the treaty. The last of the cor is letter from Mir ister Phelps dated Janu&ry 26 to Lord Salisbury in which, referring to the seizures of American vessels in Canadian waters, he says that aside from the question as to the right of American vessels to pur- chase bait in Canadian ports such construc- tion has been given to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain as to amount almost to a declaration of complete non The usual comity between na- tions has been refused in these cases and in one instance at least, he adds, the ordinary offices of humanity. In concluding his letter Minister Phelps thus summarizes the com plaint of his government 'tBut what the Uni ted States government complains of in these cases is that existing regulations have been construed with technical strictness and en- forced with severity in cases of in- advertent ard accidental violations where no harm wes done, which is both un- usual and unnecessary, whereby the voyages of vessels have been broken up and heavy penalties incurred. That the liberal and reasonable construction of those laws that has prevailed for many years and to which the fishermen had become accustomed was changed without notice and that every of unnecessar interference with American fishing vessels to the prejudice and destruction of their business had been availed of" Minister Phelps closes by suggesting that the two governments by 8 temporary and mutual concession without prejudice should endeavor to reach some mutual ground and ad interim construction by which existing friendly relations may be preserved until some permanent treaty arrangements may be made, and he commends the proposal to the consideration of her maiesty'S govern